(Photo: Adobe Stock) Key Takeaways Black NBA pioneers like Lloyd, Cooper and Clifton faced hostility and racial prejudice, but their resilience paved the way for future Black players. The on-court excellence of Black players like Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar redefined basketball. Many Black players in the NBA use their fame to fight…
FILE – St. Louis Cardinals football player Marlin Briscoe (86) is shown in August 1975. Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday, June 27, 2022. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe, 76, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. (AP Photo/File) From…
This Black History Month, theGrio honors Black people’s accomplishments in in entertainment, science, fashion, arts, and more. Born in Clayton Alabama in 1898 Lowe inherited a passion for dressmaking from her mother and formerly enslaved grandmother, Georgia Thompkins. After her mother’s passing, Lowe took over the family business of dressmaking and her mother’s unfinished assignments….
American recording artist, singer and musician Little Richard performing live, UK, 27th June 1975. (Photo by Angela Deane-Drummond/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Angela Deane-Drummond / Getty Images You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, you might be surprised just how many music genres can…
Jim Carrey, 62, had a rough time during the making of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” according to the film’s director, Ron Howard. The comedian starred as the title character The Grinch, and his role required him to sit through a makeup application process for over two hours. In addition to the prosthetics, the “In…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 13: Remy Ma and Papoose attend Papoose Presents: 50 Years Of Hip-Hop, Powered by TuneCore at 40 / 40 Club on April 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for TuneCore) OPINION: The rappers and former “Love & Hip Hop: New York” reality TV couple…
Two off-duty cops were drunk at a bar when they physically accosted an African man they believed to be a terrorist living in the country illegally – grabbing him by his wrists and forcing him out of the bar, where they threw him to the ground and sat on top of him until police arrived….
Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) “The full gravity of it lives with me to this day…I felt powerless,” the John Doe accuser said, describing the alleged assault. Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a…
In this image taken from video, Cedric Warren, right, 34, walks out of the Wyandotte County Courthouse in Kansas City, Kan, accompanied by his father, Cedric Toney, after his conviction was overturned in a 2009 double homicide Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth) Dominique Moore and Cedric Warren’s life sentences had carried no chance…
As the popular saying goes, Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, and fans of Savannah James seem to think that she may have an enemy in her close circle. During a taping of the “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast hosted by Savannah James and founder of the Crown & Conquer agency, April McDaniel, the ladies…
